Yucca-Man
NAXJA Member # 683
- Location
- Castle Rock, CO
MY tranny decided tonight was the time it would die on me, and as it's currently 50 miles from me I need to know a few names, theories and nomenclature.
AW-4 Tranny.
I did a 40-mile highway run with it and pulled off at the exit near dinner. As I tried to inch up at the light the tranny felt like I was in Neutral. Popped the selector in 'N' and back to '3' because I was on surface streets and it "pulled" so I was able to head out. By the time I pulled it into the parking lot I had a trail of ATF behind me and the tranny was slipping like mad. Did I mention the rear hatch and window are 'wet'?
After eating my buddy and I went out to look at it, and the entire underside was dripping and red. It looks like the rearmost connector on the AW-4 (is that the pressure side?) is leaking, and I started it up so we could make sure. Running for ~10 seconds is all it took to confirm that the connector was the source of a healthy leak.
It's sitting in the parking lot and hopefully won't get towed... Here's my question. Which connector is the rear one on the AW-4? (Pressure or return?) Is that also the one that connects in at the top fitting on the radiator? That makes sense if so because that line has a bit of a fold in one of the bends...
How do you get the QD fittings apart? I fought one on my radiator two summers ago and it turned out to be easier to cut it off and use hose clamps to hold a rubber line over the hardline.
AW-4 Tranny.
I did a 40-mile highway run with it and pulled off at the exit near dinner. As I tried to inch up at the light the tranny felt like I was in Neutral. Popped the selector in 'N' and back to '3' because I was on surface streets and it "pulled" so I was able to head out. By the time I pulled it into the parking lot I had a trail of ATF behind me and the tranny was slipping like mad. Did I mention the rear hatch and window are 'wet'?
After eating my buddy and I went out to look at it, and the entire underside was dripping and red. It looks like the rearmost connector on the AW-4 (is that the pressure side?) is leaking, and I started it up so we could make sure. Running for ~10 seconds is all it took to confirm that the connector was the source of a healthy leak.
It's sitting in the parking lot and hopefully won't get towed... Here's my question. Which connector is the rear one on the AW-4? (Pressure or return?) Is that also the one that connects in at the top fitting on the radiator? That makes sense if so because that line has a bit of a fold in one of the bends...
How do you get the QD fittings apart? I fought one on my radiator two summers ago and it turned out to be easier to cut it off and use hose clamps to hold a rubber line over the hardline.